The 2 minute leg workout, is your mind strong enough?
March 6, 2008 by Jean-Luc Boissonneault
This routine was taken from an older book called "Super Squats" by Randall J Strossen, Ph.D.
Use the progressive overload technique. I have found it to be very useful as what I call a “shocker workout” to work your legs when you find your legs have stopped progressing and you want to try something different. Obviously I would not dare to do this with any beginner but people who are advanced and like a challenge love this.
I love training legs. Training legs takes heart and takes a strong mind to push through every rep. Now when training legs the best exercise for strength is the squat. The squat is a great movement, not only does it combine multiple muscle groups at the same time but it produces a great hormone response which in turn will make you muscular and lean.
Here is how it works;
In a squat rack, put weight on the bar that you could normally only be able to lift for 10 repetitions. Here is the catch; you are actually going to be doing 20 repetitions with your 10 rep maximum weight. How am I going to do that you ask? You are going to take a rest between repetitions. (It helps if you wrap a towel around the bar so you don’t feel your shoulders so much and please place the safety bars in the rack.)
First, get under the bar, take a step back with the weight on your shoulders and squat down to parallel for 5 repetitions, take a breath and go for 3 repetitions, take 2 breaths and go for 2 repetitions. You’ve now made it to the starting line, yes I said starting line. This is where the mental game kicks in and your mind is fighting whether you can even do it or not. But your body can do it it’s your mind that’s stopping you. Ready, set, go. Take 3 deep breaths and do another 2 repetitions. Keep doing this till you reach the finish line of 20 repetitions.
That’s it, it is that simple.
By: Jean-Luc Boissonneault
